Good Day

I am running a vsftp server on CentOS 4.1,I have enabled the option "cmds_allowed",I have inserted all the commands the ftp users can use,and I have omitted the DELE (delete) command,so that users cannot delete files by mistake.The problem I now have is want to create a "Admin" user that can delete files out of the FTP directories,but as the DELE command is not enable I cant do this,does anybody have an idea of how I can do this?

Regards
Shawn Bishop

If I'm not mistaken, vsftpd supports user-specific configuration options (ie configuration files for each user).

on my FC4 box shows the option:
user_config_dir

Enable that option, then create a config file with the same name as your admin user in /etc/vsftpd_user_conf/.
In the config file for your admin user, put a new set of allowed commands, this time including the "dele".

Another option would be to allow all user the "dele" command, but to limit their freedom by:
-chroot'ing them (and possibly not giving them the "rm" command)
-putting them in directories with sticky bit (makes deletion impossible for all users except owner = your admin user).